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  • A. 13
  • B. 14
  • C. 15
  • D. 16

Explanation: Section 13 of the Limitation Act, 1908, allows exclusion of the period during which the defendant was absent from Pakistan or from…

Correct answer: 13
  • A. 30 days
  • B. 60 days
  • C. 90 days
  • D. 100 days

Explanation: The limitation period for contesting an award in a revenue case is 30 days under the relevant limitation schedule.

Correct answer: 30 days
  • A. 2 months
  • B. 3 months
  • C. 4 months
  • D. 6 months

Explanation: A suit under section 9 of the Specific Relief Act to recover possession after unlawful dispossession must generally be filed within six…

Correct answer: 6 months
  • A. One year
  • B. Two year
  • C. Three year
  • D. Four year

Explanation: The limitation period for a suit for specific performance is three years, running from the date fixed for performance or, if no date is…

Correct answer: Three year
  • A. Alteration
  • B. Novation
  • C. Rescission
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Novation is the substitution of a new contract for an existing one, with the parties’ agreement releasing or replacing the original…

Correct answer: Novation
  • A. Novation
  • B. Rescission
  • C. Alteration
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Alteration changes one or more contractual terms with the consent of the parties while the contract continues in its modified form.

Correct answer: Alteration
  • A. Altered
  • B. Novated
  • C. Rescinded
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Rescission means cancellation or termination of a contract, whether the cancellation concerns the whole agreement or the relevant…

Correct answer: Rescinded
  • A. Payable on demand
  • B. Paid
  • C. Do not paid
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Section 10 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 treats the entire dower as payable on demand when the nikah-nama does not specify how…

Correct answer: Payable on demand
  • A. Family Court
  • B. Zila Nazim
  • C. Collector
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: A party dissatisfied with the Chairman's maintenance decision may apply for revision before the Collector concerned.

Correct answer: Collector
  • A. 7,
  • B. 8,
  • C. 9,
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Section 8 governs dissolution of marriage otherwise than by talaq, including dissolution through legal processes such as khula.

Correct answer: 8,
  • A. 15
  • B. 20
  • C. 30
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Under section 7(4), the Chairman must constitute the Arbitration Council within thirty days of receiving the talaq notice.

Correct answer: 30
  • A. Talaq
  • B. Nikah
  • C. Rukhsati
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Section 7 regulates talaq by requiring notice to the Chairman and providing for reconciliation through an Arbitration Council.

Correct answer: Talaq
  • A. Government
  • B. Arbitration Council
  • C. His wife
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Section 6 requires a person who wishes to contract another marriage during an existing marriage to obtain prior written permission from…

Correct answer: Arbitration Council
  • A. Three months, imprisonment and 5 hundred fine
  • B. Three months, imprisonment and 1,000 fine
  • C. Three months, imprisonment and 2,000 fine
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Contravention of the marriage-registration requirement in section 5 is punishable with simple imprisonment up to three months and a fine…

Correct answer: Three months, imprisonment and 1,000 fine
  • A. Override
  • B. Does not override
  • C. Obey
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Section 3 gives the Ordinance overriding effect by providing that it will prevail notwithstanding anything inconsistent in another…

Correct answer: Override
  • A. Section 4, of The Muslim Family laws Ordinance, 1961
  • B. Section 5, of The Muslim Family laws Ordinance, 1961
  • C. Both A and B
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Section 5 requires every marriage solemnized under Muslim law to be registered in the prescribed manner.

Correct answer: Section 5, of The Muslim Family laws Ordinance, 1961
  • A. Chairman and Vice Chairman
  • B. Chairman Vice Chairman and representatives of Parties
  • C. Chairman and representative of parties or parties
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The Arbitration Council consists of the Chairman and a representative of each of the parties, making three members in the usual…

Correct answer: Chairman and representative of parties or parties
  • A. 15th July, 1960
  • B. 15th August, 1961
  • C. 15th July, 1961
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Although the Ordinance was promulgated earlier in 1961, it came into force on 15 July 1961.

Correct answer: 15th July, 1961
  • A. Cantonment Board
  • B. Central Government
  • C. Provincial Government
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Although family-law administration is generally provincial, the Ordinance assigns the Provincial Government's powers in cantonment areas…

Correct answer: Central Government
  • A. Reconciliation
  • B. Polygamy
  • C. Determination of maintenance
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Section 9 uses the Arbitration Council to examine and determine a wife's claim for maintenance when the husband fails to maintain her…

Correct answer: Determination of maintenance